Brush-holding cap for mucilage-bottles



(No Model.)

M. W. CARR. Brush-Holding Caps for Muoilage BOtt16S',&C.

No.-228,603.' Patented June 8,1880.

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MARTIN IV. CARE, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRUSH-HOLDING CAP FOR MUCILAGE-BOTTLES, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,603, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed March 10, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN W. CARR, of Somerville, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brush-Holding Caps for Mucilage-Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, suflicient to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved brush-holding cap for mucilagebottles, which is designed as an improved article of manufacture; and it consists, essentially, in forming the article from a plastic compound all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete brush-holding cap. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail sectional views thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the cap, formed of suitable plastic composition molded in a die of the desired pattern, a being the sides, and a the internal socket surrounding the opening 0 for the brush-handle. b is a plate of tin or other metal upon the outside of the socket a. The entire cap a a a b is molded in a die, and all but the plate b is of plastic composition. The plate I) is placed in the mold previous to molding. the cap, and its object is to provide a better external surface for the socket, which is the part pressed into the neck of-the bottle and would naturally come into contact with the mucilage or (No model.)

other adhesive material collected upon the neck. (I is the brush-handle, molded in a die and made of the same material as the cap. The brush 0 is secured to the handle by the molding process, being in the material while it is being molded.

My method is, first, to mold the cap, then the handle with the brush therein, then to cement the handle in the hole 0 firmly. The whole device is then practically one piece, as seen in Fig. 1.

The article above described may be made highly ornamental at small expense, of various colors, shapes, styles, &c. It is intended, chiefly, to be applied to bottles containing m ucilage and other adhesive material.

I am aware that brush-holding caps for mucilage-bottles have heretofore been made of rubber or other elastic material for holding the brush at proper height in the bottle, and also that caps made of wood or rubber have been provided with an annular ring of cork, for insertion in the mouth of the mucilagebottle, and I do not wish to be understood as claiming such constructions; but

hat I do claim as new and useful is- As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described brush-holding cap for muci- Iago-bottles, consisting of the handle (I and cap to, having downwardly-projceting flanges a a, the whole being formed of plastic material and adapted to fit the neck of the bottle,

and provided with the metallic plate I) andbrush a, substantially as specified.

MARTIN Vt. CARR.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, JOHN M. ROBERTSON. 

